Amor Towles Quotes

When I visited Moscow for the first time in 1998, I wandered into the historic Metropol Hotel as a curious tourist simply to ogle the giant painted glass ceiling that hangs over the grand restaurant off the lobby. It was the memory of that short visit that prompted me, some years later, to set 'A Gentleman in Moscow' in the hotel.

Amor Towles

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TimeCuriousMemoryMeGentleman

You cannot borrow and spend your way into prosperity. It does not work.

Jeb Hensarling

WorkYouProsperityWayBorrowYour

I've been blessed by doing classic plays on Broadway, which was one of my great dreams forever.

Michael Emerson

DreamsGreatBlessedDoingClassic

The tax code is now nine times longer than the Bible, and not nearly as interesting.

Rob Portman

BibleInterestingTaxNowCodeNine

There is an interesting parallel between the 'Argo' story and '13 Hours' in that, around the world, we have 285 or so diplomatic outposts and the expectation that the local government will come to our aid if we ever come under attack on the sovereign property of the United States in an embassy.

Mitchell Zuckoff

GovernmentWorldStoryInteresting

Records are one thing, and obviously, without hit songs, you don't have the opportunity to do your shows. But my live show has always been my selling tool.

Jason Aldean

LiveOpportunityYouSellingWithout

Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.

Joseph Joubert

KindnessPeopleLovingDeserveMore

I still go out, but not a lot. If I go to see music, it's usually to the Blue Note, jazz clubs, things like that. When I travel, I find out where the jazz clubs are.

Jonathan Demme

MusicTravelBlueFindGoJazz

I could put everything I got in the bank on my abilities and skill and will, and what I'm capable of doing in the ring.

Deontay Wilder

DoingSkillRingWillEverything

I want to be affirmatively proud of what I have made my way through. And to do that, in the same way I had to tell my father and my family and my friends that I was gay, I need to not hide this anymore.

Christine Quinn

FamilyFatherProudFriendsHide

I am not a theologian or a historian, and I feel no call to become a defender of the faith, so in my case, the search for what remains valuable focuses on language itself: Catholic prayer, ritual, the naming of things.

Alice McDermott

FaithPrayerI AmSearchLanguage

There are things that neuroscience is useful for in terms of understanding behavior, but there are also things it is not all that useful for, like understanding the nuances of our reactions to poetry.

Alissa Quart

PoetryBehaviorUnderstandingThings

In Spain, actresses work until they are old. That's my plan.

Penelope Cruz

WorkPlanOldSpainUntil

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